10/22/2006 - JAMES ANTHONY COLYN: SEX PREDATOR
Okay, here's one to kick off this blog topic. Wasn't sure if I should file this under "sex" or "religion." Both were, apparently, one and the same to this man. But I chose this category, and we'll go from there.
(Paul? Here's where you can put your anthopology knowledge to use!)
By the way, I attended this man's church. I write books about monsters, and this man gives me more than enough fuel to overcome any writer's block... Read on:
Arizona Republic 7/2/88, Phoenix Gazette 7/1/88
Rev. James Anthony Colyn, 39, former pastor of the Glendale (Az.) Bible Baptist Church, received a SENTENCE of seven and a half years in prison. Colyn was described by police as a "sexual predator" who molested a teenage
girl who asked him for counseling because she was being abused by her stepfather.
The five years of rape began when the girl was 13. She attended Glendale Bible Baptist Church and School. Although Colyn resigned after he was arrested members blamed the victim. Although she had a 4.0 grade point average and was nominated class valedictorian, she was denied participation and was segregated from the graduating class.
Colyn PLEADED GUILTY to a charge of attempted molestation as a plea bargain. He moved to Phoenix 12 years ago after resigning as youth pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Albuquerque, N.M. after admitting sexual involvement with a teenage member of that congregation. The Glendale church said they were not aware of that when Colyn was hired.
Comments
I've been thinking this one over for a few days, and the only category that I think to be appropriate for it is "crime." Sex and religion certainly are involved, but they're not the essence of what happened.
Posted by: Paul E. Zimmerman | October 24, 2006 11:59 AM